Jamie Pinzino (born 1970s) is an American baseball coach and former third baseman, who is the current pitching coach of the East Tennessee State Buccaneer. He played college baseball at Tufts for coach John Casey from 1994 to 1997. Pinzino then served as the head baseball coach for the Assumption Greyhounds (2005), Bryant Bulldogs (2006–2010) and William & Mary (2013), in which the Tribe made the NCAA tournament.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Pitching coach |
| Team | East Tennessee State |
| Conference | SoCon |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1970s |
| Alma mater | Tufts '97 |
| Playing career | |
| 1994–1997 | Tufts |
| Position(s) | 3B |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1998 | Pomona-Pitzer (asst.) |
| 2002 | Holy Cross (asst.) |
| 2003–2004 | Tufts (asst.) |
| 2005 | Assumption |
| 2006–2010 | Bryant |
| 2011 | Northeastern (asst.) |
| 2012 | William & Mary (asst.) |
| 2013 | William & Mary |
| 2014–2016 | Oklahoma (asst.) |
| 2017 | Virginia Tech (asst.) |
| 2018–2020 | Army (P) |
| 2022–present | East Tennessee State (P) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 212–174 |
| Tournaments | CAA: 2–2 NCAA: 2–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Northeast-10 Conference: 2008 Northeast Conference: 2010, 2012, 2013 NEC Tournament: 2013 | |
| Awards | |
| Northeast-10 Conference Coach of the Year: 2007 NEC Coach of the Year: 2010 CAA Coach of the Year: 2013 | |
Playing career
editPinzino attended St. John's High School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, where he played high school baseball.[1] He also attended Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, where he played college baseball for the Jumbos from 1994–1997. With Tufts, Pinzino appeared in one NCAA Division III Tournament.[2]
Coaching career
editEarly career
editPinzino coached several high school and American Legion baseball programs from 1997 through 2004. He began his college coaching career as an assistant at Pomona-Pitzer during the 1998 season. His first Division I coaching experience came as an assistant at Holy Cross during the 2002 season. He was then an assistant at Division III Tufts from 2003–2004.[3]
Pinzino received his first collegiate head coaching position with Division II Assumption for the 2005 season. Under Pinzino that season, Assumption had an 11–28 record and finished ninth in the Northeast-10 Conference.[3][4]
Bryant
editPrior to the 2006 season, Pinzino became the head coach at Bryant, at the time also a member of the Division II Northeast-10 Conference. After an 18–33 season in 2006, Bryant appeared in two consecutive NCAA Division II Tournaments in 2007 and 2008. For the 2009 season, Bryant's athletic programs began a transition to Division I, and the baseball program competed as an Independent. Bryant joined the Northeast Conference (NEC) for the 2010 season and won the regular season conference championship. It did not qualify for the NEC or NCAA tournament, however, because it was ineligible during its transition from Division II.[3][5] During his tenure at Bryant, Pinzino was twice named conference Coach of the Year– once for the Northeast-10 (2007) and once for the NEC (2010).[2]
Following the 2010 season, Pinzino was involved in an incident that led to his resignation. At a postseason athletic department barbecue in late May, Pinzino became intoxicated, started an altercation with an assistant baseball coach on Bryant's baseball field, and was confrontational with police when they arrived at the scene. Pinzino was arrested and charged with three misdemeanors (simple assault, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest). As a result, he was forced to resign as Bryant's head coach.[6][7]
William & Mary
editFollowing his resignation at Bryant, Pinzino spent two seasons as a Division I assistant. During the 2011 season, he served as the pitching coach at Northeastern. In 2012, he was an assistant to Frank Leoni at William & Mary.[2]
When Leoni resigned as William & Mary's head coach following the 2012 season, Pinzino was hired to replace him. In 2013, Pinzino's first season, William & Mary set program records with 39 wins and 17 conference wins. The team received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where it went 2–2, losing to NC State in the finals of the Raleigh Regional.[8][9] Pinzino was named a 2013 Colonial Athletic Association Co-Coach of the Year.[10]
Oklahoma
editIn October 2013, Oklahoma named Pinzino its pitching coach. He resigned as the Sooners coach in June 2016.[11]
Virginia Tech
editIn July 2016, he was named the next pitching coach at Virginia Tech. He was not retained by new head coach John Szefc.
Army
editOn July, 13th he was named the next pitching coach for the Black Knights. On May 30, 2020, Pinzino stepped down as the pitching coach at Army for non-baseball reasons.
Head coaching records
editBelow is a table of Pinzino's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[4][5][12][13][14][15]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumption Greyhounds (Northeast-10 Conference (DII)) (2005) | |||||||||
| 2005 | Assumption | 11–28 | 10–18 | 9th | |||||
| Assumption: | 11–28 (.282) | 10–18 (.357) | |||||||
| Bryant Bulldogs (Northeast-10 Conference (DII)) (2006–2008) | |||||||||
| 2006 | Bryant | 18–33 | 16–14 | 6th | Northeast-10 Tournament | ||||
| 2007 | Bryant | 35–24 | 21–9 | 3rd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2008 | Bryant | 43–21 | 25–5 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Bryant Bulldogs (Independent (DI)) (2009) | |||||||||
| 2009 | Bryant | 32–22 | |||||||
| Bryant Bulldogs (Northeast Conference) (2010) | |||||||||
| 2010 | Bryant | 34–22 | 29–7 | 1st | |||||
| Bryant: | 162–122 (.570) | 91–35 (.722) | |||||||
| William & Mary Tribe (Colonial Athletic Association) (2013) | |||||||||
| 2013 | William & Mary | 39–24 | 17–10 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| William & Mary: | 39–24 (.619) | 17–10 (.630) | |||||||
| Total: | 212–174 (.549) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Personal life
editPinzino is married to Cheryl Milligan, head softball coach at Army.[16]
References
edit- ^ "Alumni in the Game". St. John's High School. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Jamie Pinzino". TribeAthletics.com. William & Mary Sports Information. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Jamie Pinzino Named Head Baseball Coach at Bryant University". BryantBulldogs.com. Bryant Sports Information. August 16, 2005. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ a b "Overall Baseball Records". AssumptionGreyhounds.com. Assumption Sports Information. Archived from the original on June 22, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ a b "Bryant Baseball Won/Loss History" (PDF). BryantBulldogs.com. Bryant Sports Information. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Fitt, Aaron (June 13, 2010). "Bryant's Pinzino Resigns". BaseballAmerica.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ "Taking Chances, Second Chances at W&M". DailyPress.com. July 24, 2012. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Fairbank, Dave (June 3, 2013). "Tribe Baseball Proved It Belonged in NCAA tournament". DailyPress.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Fitt, Aaron (July 23, 2012). "William & Mary Names Jamie Pinzino Head Coach". BaseballAmerica.com. Archived from the original on July 3, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ "Delaware's Yezzo, UNCW's Batts Headline 2013 All-CAA Baseball Team". CAASports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. May 21, 2013. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Aber, Ryan (December 2, 2013). "OU Baseball: Sooners Hire New Pitching Coach". NewsOK.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- ^ "Weekly Release" (PDF). Northeast-10 Conference. May 20, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ "2009 Division I Independents Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy and Cynthia Mills. Archived from the original on April 8, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ "2010 Northeast Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy and Cynthia Mills. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ "2013 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy and Cynthia Mills. Archived from the original on June 25, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Marrapese-Burrell, Nancy (May 30, 2007). "Marriage Has Good Game Plan: Local College Coaches Make Their Union Work". Highbeam.com. Boston Globe. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2013.